Earl Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) The filter wheel arrived today from Modern Astronomy in less than 24 Hours from payment!This is a no frills option, also it can be argued one less thing to go wrong also, at £118.00 it is a third of the price (almost) of the next step up been a Starlight Xpress wheel.They do other colour versions of these however on talking to Bern the Black is the latest revision (best selling also) and the coloured stock are previous versions.In the Box:1 Filter Wheel.1 M48 threaded 2" Pushfit Nose piece (also threaded for 2 inch filters)1 M48 to Male T thread adapter1 T thread spacer1 Allen key (to open the unit)The unit is of two piece construction with the plate pointing to the sky been removable, this has 4 hex bolts, Inside is the Wheel which the 4 Filters are installed.The Casing has 2 M48 Ports to attach to the camera etc, be aware that if you use T-Thread gear you will need a M48 to T thread adapter Teleskop Service do these part number TST2-M48L, this will then allow you the have a Male T port to attach to your CCD and a Female port to connect to reducer / extensions (as I find most of these are t-thread)The weight is going to be around 450gm (with filters installed) depending on what adapters you have hooked up.The wheel has a diameter of 142mm and is 21mm thick (aprox i dont have my digital dooberry at hand).Istallation of the filters is painless and well im now ready for its first light (when my adapter arrives and the sky clears)....... Edited April 18, 2012 by Earl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) A few more photos of the Filter Wheel attached to my Atik 383L+Also a note for future reference, distance from CCD to the scope Surface of the Filter wheel is 17mm (chip depth) +27.5mm (Wheel + Adapters) for a total of 44.5mm Edited April 18, 2012 by Earl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollypenrice Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I like manual wheels. I'd rather have 5 filters because I'm an HaLRGB nut but this looks like a sound product.Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadeem Shah Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Thats a good filter wheel Earl, no frills & easy to use... Brightstar stuff is pretty good quality.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrosathya Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Its very good info you have put up Earl, thanks very much. Gives me confidence to go for it and maybe I will.Regards,Sathya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now